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Topic-Museums: Worlds of Wonder

Common Core Standards-W.4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W.4.5 With guidance from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing ad needed by planning, revising and editing. W.4.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources. W.4.10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, revision) and shorter time frames ( a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes and audiences.

Suggested Student Objectives-Students will write a friendly letter expressing their opinions about recycling. Students will recycle by creating something new from something old. Students will research a museum in the United States and create an informational poster about it.

Suggested Additional Readings- Making the Most from Trash, Dinosaur Bone, Museum Farewell (Pathways to Discovery Magazine)

Resource Links- [|www.googleimages.com] [|www.google.com] (search museums) [] [] [] [] []

Activities-

Assessments- Student writing and project activities will be scored using a 4 point ELA rubric.

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